Psalms 26

1 Judge me, O Jehovah, for I have walked in my integrity. I have also trusted in Jehovah without wavering.

Unto the end, a psalm for David. Judge me, O Lord, for I have walked in my innocence: and I have put my trust in the Lord, and shall not be weakened.

2 Examine me, O Jehovah, and prove me. Try my heart and my mind.

Prove me, O Lord, and try me; burn my reins and my heart.

3 For thy loving kindness is before my eyes, and I have walked in thy truth.

For thy mercy is before my eyes; and I am well pleased with thy truth.

4 I have not sat with men of falsehood, nor will I go in with dissemblers.

I have not sat with the council of vanity: neither will I go in with the doers of unjust things.

5 I hate the assembly of evildoers, and will not sit with the wicked.

I have hated the assembly of the malignant; and with the wicked I will not sit.

6 I will wash my hands in innocence, so I will encompass thine altar, O Jehovah,

I will wash my hands among the innocent; and will compass thy altar, O Lord:

7 that I may make the voice of thanksgiving to be heard, and tell of all thy wondrous works.

That I may hear the voice of thy praise: and tell of all thy wondrous works.

8 Jehovah, I love the habitation of thy house, and the place where thy glory dwells.

I have loved, O Lord, the beauty of thy house; and the place where thy glory dwelleth.

9 Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with men of blood,

Take not away my soul, O God, with the wicked: nor my life with bloody men:

10 in whose hands is wickedness, and their right hand is full of bribes.

In whose hands are iniquities: their right hand is filled with gifts.

11 But as for me, I will walk in my integrity. Redeem me, and be merciful to me.

But as for me, I have walked in my innocence: redeem me, and have mercy on me.

12 My foot stands in an even place. In the congregations I will bless Jehovah.

My foot hath stood in the direct way: in the churches I will bless thee, O Lord.